Phil Haack
Phil is a megalomaniacal software developer with delusions of... well, uh, just delusions.
By day, he is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft. By night he leads the Subtext Project, an Open Source blog engine.
You've Been Hacked | 16 Apr 2012 03:20
Phil Haack writes "....Around eight years ago I wrote a blog post about Repetitive Strain Injury entitled The Real Pain of Software Development [part 1]. I soon learned the lesson that it’s a bad idea to have “Part 1” in any blog post unless you’ve already written part 2...."
Read more » The Real Pain of Software Development [part 2]
You've Been Hacked | 09 Apr 2012 03:35
Phil Haack writes "....For a long time, good folks like Matt Podwysocki have extolled the virtues of Reactive Extensions (aka Rx) to me. It piqued my interest enough for me to write a post about it, but that was the extent of it. It sounded interesting, but it didn’t have..."
Read more » Make Async Your Buddy With Reactive Extensions
You've Been Hacked | 29 Mar 2012 02:52
Phil Haack writes "....Changing a big organizations is a slow endeavor. But when people are passionate and persistent, change does happen. Three years ago, the ASP.NET MVC source code was released under an open source license. But at the time, the team could not accept..."
Read more » ASP.NET MVC Now Accepting Pull Requests
You've Been Hacked | 22 Mar 2012 23:28
Phil Haack writes "....Disclaimer: these opinions are my own and don’t necessarily represent the opinion of any person or institution who are not me. The topic of sexism in the software industry has flared up recently. This post by Katie Cunningham (aka The Real Katie),..."
Read more » What Are Brogrammers Afraid Of?
You've Been Hacked | 15 Mar 2012 04:03
Phil Haack writes "....I recently gave my first talk on Git and GitHub to the Dot Net Startup Group about Git and GitHub. I was a little nervous about how I would present Git. At its core, Git is based on a simple structure, but that simplicity is easily lost when you..."
Read more » Visualize Git with SeeGit
You've Been Hacked | 11 Mar 2012 19:44
Phil Haack writes "....Conway’s Law states, ...organizations which design systems ... are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations. Up until recently, there was probably no better demonstration of this..."
Read more » It’s The Little Things about ASP.NET MVC 4
You've Been Hacked | 02 Mar 2012 07:15
Phil Haack writes "....Recently I’ve been tweeting photos of my kids playing with a new toy my wife bought them that I’mthey are totally enthralled with. It’s called the Bildopolis Big Bilder Kit. This is a creation of a family friend of ours who used to be an industrial..."
Read more » Build All The Things With Bildopolis
You've Been Hacked | 23 Feb 2012 18:20
Phil Haack writes "....Next week Microsoft hosts its annual MVP Summit. So what better time for me to host my first GitHub Drinkup – MVP Edition at the Tap House Grill! Not an MVP? Nonsense! You are in my book, so show up! If you are an MVP, you’re still welcome to slum..."
Read more » GitHub Drinkup MVP Edition
You've Been Hacked | 22 Feb 2012 10:10
Phil Haack writes "....In my previous post, I attempted to make a distinction between Open Source and Open Source Software. Some folks took issue with the post and that’s great! I love a healthy debate. It’s an opportunity to learn. One minor request though. If you..."
Read more » What Is The Spirit of Open Source?
You've Been Hacked | 16 Feb 2012 22:57
Phil Haack writes "....UPDATE: I have a follow-up post that addresses a few criticisms of this post.
It all started with an innocent tweet asking whether ASP.NET MVC 3 is “open source” or not? I jumped in with my usual answer, “of course it is!” The source code is..."
Read more » Open Source and Open Source Software Are Not The Same Things
